1974 in the United States

1974 in the United States
Events from the year 1974 in the United States.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: Richard Nixon (R-California) (until August 9), Gerald Ford (R-Michigan) (starting August 9)
Vice President:
until August 9: Gerald Ford (R-Michigan)
August 9–December 19: vacant
starting December 19: Nelson Rockefeller (R-New York)
Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger (Minnesota)
Speaker of the House of Representatives: Carl Albert (D-Oklahoma)
Senate Majority Leader: Mike Mansfield (D-Montana)
Congress: 93rd
Events
January
January 4
Citing executive privilege, President Richard Nixon refuses to surrender 500 tapes and documents which have been subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.
Joni Lenz is attacked in her bedroom by serial killer Ted Bundy in Washington; she survives.
January 6 – In response to the energy crisis, Daylight Saving Time commences nearly four months early in the United States.
January 13 – The Miami Dolphins repeat as National Football League champions, routing the Minnesota Vikings 24–7 in Super Bowl VIII.
January 15 – Happy Days, a sitcom about life in the 1950s, debuts on ABC.
January 19 – In college (men's) basketball, Notre Dame defeats UCLA 71–70, ending the Bruins' record 88-game winning streak.
January 30 – In his State of the Union Address, President Nixon declares, "One year of Watergate is enough."
February
February 4 – Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst is kidnapped from her Berkeley, California apartment by members of the Symbionese Liberation Army.
February 8 – After a record 84 days in orbit, the crew of Skylab 4 returns to Earth.
February 12 – U.S. District Court Judge Geoerge Boldt rules that Native American tribes in Washington state are entitled to half of the legal salmon and steelhead catches, based on treaties signed by the tribes and the U.S. government.
February 22 – Samuel Byck attempts to hijack an airplane with the intent to crash it into the White House and assassinate President Nixon. He commits suicide when police storm the plane.
February 28 – Egypt and the United States re-establish normal diplomatic relations.
March
March 1 – Watergate scandal: Seven former White House officials are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.
March 4 – People magazine's first issue is published in the U.S., with Mia Farrow on the cover.
March 18
Oil embargo crisis: Most OPEC nations end a 5-month oil embargo against the United States, Europe and Japan.
After 23 consecutive years on television, Lucille Ball appears in the finale of Here's Lucy.
March 19 – First recorded crime, a ransacking in Visalia, California, definitely attributable to Joseph James DeAngelo, at this time a police officer, who will commit at least 13 murders, 51 rapes and 120 burglaries up to 1986; he will not be arrested until 2018.
March 29 – Mariner 10 approaches Mercury.
March 30 – North Carolina State defeats UCLA in the semifinals of the 1974 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament, ending the Bruins' record run of seven consecutive national championships.
April
April 2 – The 46th Academy Awards ceremony, hosted by Burt Reynolds, Diana Ross, John Huston and David Niven, is held at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. George Roy Hill's The Sting wins seven awards, including Best Picture and Best Director for Hill. The film is tied with William Friedkin's The Exorcist in receiving ten nominations.
April 3 – The 1974 Super Outbreak, at the time the largest series of tornadoes in history, occurs in 13 U.S. states and one Canadian province, leaving over 300 people dead, over 5,000 people injured, and hundreds of millions of dollars in damage.
April 4 – Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth for the all-time home run record with his 714th at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati.
April 6 – California Jam is held at the Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California, attracting 250,000 fans.
April 8 – Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves breaks Babe Ruth's home run record, by hitting his 715th career home run off of a pitch by Los Angeles Dodgers' Al Downing at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium.
April 15 – In San Francisco, members of the Symbionese Liberation Army rob a branch of the Hibernia Bank, joined by Patricia Hearst.
April 20 – Voters in Louisiana approve a new state constitution, replacing a 225,000-word document which had first been adopted in 1921.
April 22 – Hi-Fi Murders: Five people are brutally tortured by a group of men during a robbery at a home audio store in Ogden, Utah, resulting in three deaths.
May
May 4 – The Expo '74 World's Fair opens in Spokane, Washington.
May 9 – The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee opens formal hearings in the impeachment process against Richard Nixon.
May 12 – The Boston Celtics win their 12th National Basketball Association championship, defeating the Milwaukee Bucks 102–87 in the decisive game of the World Championship Series.
May 17 – Los Angeles police raid Symbionese Liberation Army headquarters, killing six members, including Camilla Hall and SLA leader Donald DeFreeze.
May 18 – Heaven's Gate, an American millenarian New Age religious group, is founded by Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles.
May 19 – The Philadelphia Flyers defeat the Boston Bruins, thereby becoming the first expansion team to win the Stanley Cup.
May 30
Johnny Rutherford wins the first of three Indianapolis 500 automobile races.
NASA's ATS-6 satellite is launched.
June
June 4 – The Cleveland Indians stage an ill-advised Ten Cent Beer Night for a game against the Texas Rangers at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. Cleveland forfeits after alcohol-fueled mayhem and violence spreads from the stands onto the field.
June 26 – The Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time, to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio.
June 29 – America Sings attraction opens to the public for the first time at Disneyland in Anaheim, California.
June 30 – Alberta Williams King, mother of the late Martin Luther King Jr., is killed during a church service in Atlanta, Georgia.
July
July 1 – Six Flags Great Adventure opens for the first time.
July 8 – Two weeks after the attraction's opening, an 18-year-old employee is crushed to her death while working on America Sings at Disneyland. This is the first employee fatality at a Disney Park.
July 11–17 – Baltimore police strike.
July 14 – In Issaquah, Washington, serial killer Ted Bundy abducts Janice Ott and Denise Naslund in broad daylight at Lake Sammamish State Park.
July 15 – Christine Chubbuck, television presenter for WXLT-TV Sarasota, Florida, draws a revolver and shoots herself in the head during a live broadcast. She dies in a hospital 14 hours later, the first person to commit suicide on live television.
July 16 – Elmer Wayne Henley is sentenced to life imprisonment for assisting Dean Corll in murdering 28 Texas boys from 1970 to 1973.
July 24 – Watergate scandal – United States v. Nixon: The Supreme Court rules 8-0 with one abstention that President Richard Nixon cannot withhold subpoenaed White House tapes, and orders him to surrender them to the Watergate special prosecutor.
July 27–30 – Watergate scandal: The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee adopts three articles of impeachment, charging President Nixon with obstruction of justice, failure to uphold laws, and refusal to produce material subpoenaed by the committee.
August
August 5 – Watergate scandal: The "smoking gun" tape of June 23, 1972, is revealed, in which President Richard Nixon and White House Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman discuss using the Central Intelligence Agency to block a Federal Bureau of Investigation inquiry into Watergate. Nixon's support in Congress collapses.
August 7
Three Republican congressional leaders (Barry Goldwater, Hugh Scott and John Rhodes) visit President Nixon in the White House. They inform him that he lacks the votes to escape impeachment in the House of Representatives and conviction in the Senate. Goldwater urges Nixon to resign.
French acrobat Philippe Petit walks across a high wire slung between the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York.
August 8 – Watergate scandal: President Nixon announces his resignation (effective August 9).
August 9 – Richard Nixon becomes the first president of the United States to resign from office, an action taken to avoid being removed by impeachment and conviction in response to his role in the Watergate scandal. Vice President Gerald R. Ford becomes the 38th president upon Nixon's resignation, taking the oath of office in the East Room of the White House.
August 30 – Public Law 93-400 is enacted, establishing the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (see Federal Acquisition Regulation).
September
September 1 – Daredevil Bob Gill fails a world-record attempt to jump Appalachia Lake in West Virginia.
September 8
Watergate scandal: President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.
Stuntman Evel Knievel fails in his attempt to rocket across the Snake River Canyon in Idaho.
September 16 – In Newport, Rhode Island, America's Cup defender "Courageous", skippered by Ted Hood, wins over Australian challenger "Southern Cross".
October
October 2 – U.S. release of film The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, directed by Joseph Sargent and starring Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam and Jerry Stiller.
October 8 – Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement (the largest bank failure at that time in the history of the United States).
October 15 – President Gerald Ford signs a federal campaign reform bill, which sets new regulations in the wake of the Watergate scandal.
October 17
President Gerald Ford voluntarily appears before Congress to give sworn testimony—the only time a sitting president has done so—about the pardon of Richard Nixon.
The Oakland Athletics win their third consecutive Major League Baseball championship, defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers in five games in the World Series.
October 30 – "The Rumble in the Jungle" takes place in Kinshasa, Zaire, where Muhammad Ali knocks out George Foreman in 8 rounds to regain the Heavyweight title, which had been stripped from him 7 years earlier.
November
November 5 – Democrats make significant gains in the U.S. Congressional midterm elections, as the Republican Party suffers losses over the Watergate scandal.
November 8 – In Salt Lake City, Utah, Carol DaRonch narrowly escapes abduction by serial killer Ted Bundy. She goes on to testify against him at his trial.
November 13 – Ronald DeFeo Jr. murders his family in Amityville, New York.
November 20 – The United States Department of Justice files its final antitrust suit against AT&T. This suit later leads to the breakup of AT&T and the Bell System.
December
December 4 – The Pioneer 11 probe passes Jupiter and captures famous images of the Great Red Spot.
December 10 – United States Senate confirms Nelson Rockefeller as Vice President.
December 19 – United States House of Representatives confirms Rockefeller as Vice President of the United States. He is sworn that evening.
December 21 – The New York Times reveals illegal domestic spying by the CIA.
December 23 – Former British government minister John Stonehouse, who faked his drowning in Florida, is arrested in Melbourne, Australia.
December 31 – Restrictions on holding private gold within the United States, implemented by Franklin Roosevelt in 1933, are removed.
Undated
Dungeons & Dragons fantasy tabletop role-playing game, designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, is first released, in the United States.
The 1960s Milgram experiment is extensively described by Harvard University psychologist Stanley Milgram in his book Obedience to Authority; An Experimental View.
Volkswagen's Golf automobile (known in the US as the Rabbit) first enters production, as the replacement for well-loved but antiquated Beetle. VW goes on to sell more than 22 million Golfs, and the model, now in its 5th generation, is still in full-scale production .
Monty Python's Flying Circus is first broadcast in the United States on the PBS member station KERA-TV.
PepsiCo becomes the first American company to sell products in the Soviet Union.
Women's Center of Rhode Island is founded.
Ongoing
Cold War (1947–1991)
Space Race (1957–1975)
Détente (c. 1969–1979)
Watergate scandal (1972–1974)
Capital punishment suspended by Furman v. Georgia (1972–1976)
1973 oil crisis (1973–1974)
1970s energy crisis (1973–1980)
DOCUMERICA photography project (1972–1977)
Births
January
January 1
Kevin Beirne, baseball player
Derek Kilmer, politician
Jonah Peretti, entrepreneur and publisher
January 3 – Katie Porter, politician
January 6
Marlon Anderson, baseball player
Paul Grant, basketball player and coach
January 7
Valeyta Althouse, Olympic shot putter
Vance McAllister, politician
John Rich, country singer/songwriter, one half of Big & Rich, and bassist for Lonestar (1992–1998)
January 9 – Tom Bissell, journalist, critic, and writer
January 10 – Mariusz Adamski, Polish-born photographer
January 11 – Max von Essen, actor and vocalist
January 12 – Jeremy 'The Beast' Bates, boxer
January 13
Ravinder Bhalla, politician, mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey
Kaili Vernoff, actress
January 14
Rick Baird, bobsledder
Kevin Durand, Canadian-born actor and singer
January 15 – Ray King, baseball player
January 16 – Paul Buentello, mixed martial artist
January 17
Heather Bagnall, politician
Derrick Mason, football player
Keith Robinson, actor and R&B singer
January 18
Mike Blabac, Paralympic sledge hockey player
John Brannen, basketball player and coach
Shane Burton, football player
Darren Bush, baseball player and coach
Maulik Pancholy, actor
January 19
Gentry Bradley, sprinter
Marquita Bradshaw, environmentalist, activist, and political candidate
Kareem Burke, entrepreneur, record executive, and producer
Frank Caliendo, actor, comedian, and impressionist
January 20
Thomas Beatie, public speaker, author, and advocate of transgender and sexuality issues
Rae Carruth, football player
January 21
Maxwell Atoms, animator, screenwriter, storyboard artist, and voice actor
Remy Auberjonois, actor
January 23
Jackie Billet, soccer player
Chris Bowers, blogger
Tiffani Thiessen, actress
January 24
Tim Biakabutuka, football player
Ed Helms, actor and comedian
January 28
Benjamin Anderson, musician and songwriter
Zack Bronson, football player and coach
January 29
Alonzo Baldonado, politician
Dorian Boose, football player (d. 2016)
January 30
Scott Anderson, Olympic runner
Jim Arellanes, football player
Carl Broemel, guitarist for My Morning Jacket
January 31
Afu-Ra, rapper
Bob Ballinger, politician
Michael Waltz, politician
February
February 1 – Kurt Ballou, guitarist for Converge
February 2
Derick Brownell, soccer player
Oz Perkins, actor, screenwriter, and director
February 3
Kenny Bailey, football player
Pauly Burke, cyclist
Casey Elliott, stock car racing driver (d. 1996)
Ayanna Pressley, politician
February 4 – Scott Burnett, darts player
February 7
Adrian Brown, baseball player
J Dilla, record producer and rapper (d. 2006)
February 8
Maggie Bandur, writer and producer
Seth Green, actor, comedian, voice actor, television producer, and screenwriter
Kimbo Slice, Bahamian-born boxer and mixed martial artist (d. 2016)
February 9
Orlando Bobo, football player (d. 2007)
Amber Valletta actress and model
February 10
Elizabeth Banks, actress and director
R. J. Bowers, football player
David Datuna, Georgian-born artist (d. 2022)
Tanoai Reed, actor and stuntman
February 11
Trey Beamon, baseball player
Alex Jones, radio show host and conspiracy theorist
February 12
Jerry Bohlander, mixed martial artist
Justin T. Bowler, actor, writer, and producer
Lisa Brenner, actress
Ari Shaffir, comedian and actor
February 13
Fonzworth Bentley, rapper, actor, television presenter, and author
Sabina Matos, politician, 70th Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island
February 14 – Lara Bazelon, journalist, academic, and law professor
February 15
Miranda July, author, director, actor, musician, and spoken-word artist
Gina Lynn, porn actress
February 16 – Mahershala Ali, actor and rapper
February 17
Tavian Banks, football player
Jerry O'Connell, actor
Bryan White, singer/songwriter and guitarist
February 18
Carrie Ann Baade, painter and academic
Jamey Carroll, baseball player
Jillian Michaels, personal trainer, businesswoman, author and TV personality
February 19 – Lezley Zen, pornographic actress
February 20 – Steven Reed, politician, mayor of Montgomery, Alabama (2019-present)
February 22 – Ana, Cuban-born singer
February 23 – Kimberly Yee, politician
February 24
Wuv Bernardo, drummer for P.O.D.
Chad Hugo, keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
Mike Lowell, baseball player and sportscaster
Bonnie Somerville, actress
February 26 – Jenna Wolfe, Jamaican-born journalist and personal trainer
February 27
Ronnie Anderson, football player
Carte Goodwin, politician
February 28 – Kevin Abrams, football player
March
March 1
Brandi Alexander, wrestler
Stephen Davis, football player and coach
Mark-Paul Gosselaar, actor
March 3 – David Faustino, actor
March 4
April Berg, politician
Jeff Bhasker, record producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist
March 5
Kevin Connolly, actor and director
Eva Mendes, actress and model
March 6 – Beanie Sigel, rapper and actor
March 7
Larry Bagby, actor and musician
Andreas Borgeas, politician
Jenna Fischer, actress
March 8 – Danny Corkill, child actor
March 10 – Biz Stone, entrepreneur and co-founder of Twitter and Jelly
March 11 – Chris Blackshear, politician
March 12 – Jama Williamson, actress
March 13
Dan Ackerman, video game journalist
Shane Taylor, actor
March 14
Della Au Belatti, politician
Grace Park, American-born Canadian actress
March 15
Imad Baba, soccer player
SuAnne Big Crow, basketball player (d. 1992)
March 16
Contessa Brewer, journalist
Lamont Burns, football player
March 18 – Evan and Jaron Lowenstein, music duo and identical twins
March 21
Laura Allen, actress
Bryan Berg, cardstacker
Sean McDermott, football coach
March 22
Rob Bredow, visual effects artist
Marcus Camby, basketball player
Kidada Jones, actress
March 23 – Randall Park, actor, comedian and writer
March 24
Jamie Arnold, baseball player
Alyson Hannigan, actress
March 25
Mike Adams, football player
Laz Alonso, actor
Nick Buda, drummer and record producer
Lark Voorhies, actress and singer
March 27
Luis Alejo, politician
Quincy Tyler Bernstine, actress and narrator
March 28
Hamisi Amani-Dove, soccer player
Eric Beverly, football player
Kai Kahele, politician
March 29
Kara Brock, actress
Kristoffer Cusick, actor
Sharif Street, politician and attorney
March 30 – Ronnie Kerr, actor
March 31 – James Burgess, football player
April
April 3 – Marcus Brown, basketball player
April 4
Scott H. Biram, musician
Dave Mirra, BMX cyclist and television host (d. 2016)
April 6 – Marlin Barnes, football player (d. 1996)
April 7
Nathan Baesel, actor
Cimarron Bell, serial killer
Antonia Bennett, singer
April 8
Matthew Arnold, writer, director, and producer
Antoine Brockington, basketball player
Chris Kyle, Navy SEAL and author (d. 2013)
April 9
Katrina Berger, cyclist
Mike Bobo, football player and coach
Ben Bordelon, football player
Andrew C. Brock, politician
Jenna Jameson, pornographic actress
April 10
Scott Bentley, football player
Jake Brennan, podcast host, author, and musician
Eric Greitens, politician, Navy SEAL, and 56th Governor of Missouri
April 11
David Banner, rapper and actor
Robert Barnes, attorney
Tricia Helfer, Canadian-born actress
April 12
Mikey Burnett, mixed martial artist
Marley Shelton, actress
April 13 – Mick Betancourt, screenwriter, producer, comedian, actor, and director
April 14
Da Brat, rapper
Terrance Hunter, Creator of The PREP System LLC, Dream Hunters Inc, and Contract Advisor
April 15
Danny Pino, Cuban-born actor
Douglas Spain, actor, director, and producer
Tim Thomas, ice hockey player
April 16 – Valarie Rae Miller, actress
April 18
Josh Byrnes, politician
Mark Tremonti, singer/songwriter, guitarist for Creed and Alter Bridge, and frontman for Tremonti
April 19 – Hlynur Atlason, Icelandic-born industrial designer
April 20 – Paul Bradford, football player
April 21 – Cliff Brumbaugh, baseball player
April 22
Modupe Akinola, organizational scholar and social psychologist
Eric Axley, golfer
Aaron Buerge, banker, businessman, and television personality
April 23 – Barry Watson, actor
April 25
Grant Achatz, chef and restaurateur
Jeff Austin, mandolinist and singer (d. 2019)
April 26 – Tim Brauch, skateboarder (d. 1999)
April 28 – DeAuntae Brown, football player
April 29 – Alana Blahoski, Olympic ice hockey player
April 30
Aimee Belgard, politician
Deanna Brooks, model and actress
May
May 4 – Josh Bonner, politician
May 7
Ben Bostrom, motorcycle racer
Lawrence Johnson, Olympic pole vaulter
Breckin Meyer, actor, drummer, producer, and writer
May 8
Agallah, rapper and producer
Calvin Branch, football player
Korey Stringer, football player (d. 2001)
May 9
Brian Deegan, Motocross racer
Dylan Lauren, businesswoman, founder of Dylan's Candy Bar
May 10 – Trent Staggs, politician, mayor of Riverton, Utah (2018-present)
May 11 – Adam Kaufman, actor
May 13 – Louisa Bojesen, Danish-born financial journalist
May 14
Kevin Barnett, volleyball player
Mary Biddinger, poet, editor, and academic
Carla Jimenez, actress
May 15 – Russell Hornsby, actor
May 16
Adam Richman, actor and television personality
Sonny Sandoval, singer and frontman for P.O.D.
May 20 – Allison Amend, novelist
May 21
Fairuza Balk, actress and musician
Havoc, born Kejuan Muchita, rapper
May 22
John Bale, baseball player
Jason Brown, baseball coach
Sean Gunn, actor
A. J. Langer, actress
May 23
4th Disciple, record producer and audio engineer
Jewel, singer
May 25 – Kevin Hartman, soccer player
May 27
Vanessa Blue, pornographic actress
Marjorie Taylor Greene, politician
May 28 – Robert Ballecer, Catholic Jesuit priest and podcaster
May 29
Kenny Bynum, football player
Steve Cardenas, martial artist and actor
May 30
Nicholas Anthony Ascioti, composer
David L. Bahnsen, portfolio manager, author, and television commentator
Big L, rapper (d. 1999)
June
June 1 – Alanis Morissette, Canadian-born singer
June 2 – Gata Kamsky, chess player
June 5
Chad Allen, actor and psychologist
Russ Ortiz, baseball player
Tate Reeves, politician, 65th Governor of Mississippi
June 6
2 Tuff Tony, wrestler
Uncle Kracker, singer/songwriter and guitarist
June 7 – Sunshine Anderson, singer/songwriter
June 8 – Joshua Bloom, astrophysicist and professor
June 10
Dustin Lance Black, screenwriter, director, producer, and LGBT rights activist
Bo Butner, drag racer
June 11
Curtis Alexander, football player
Lenny Jacobson, actor
June 12
Joseph Blair, basketball player and coach
Ronald Brisé, politician
Darren Bush, screenwriter, producer, and director
Jason Mewes, actor, comedian, producer, and podcaster
Brandon Webb, author and Navy SEAL
June 13
Valeri Bure, Russian-born Olympic ice hockey player
Steve-O, actor, stunt performer, and television personality
June 14
Rodney Artmore, football player
Mike Burke, strongman competitor
Raja Gemini, drag performer and make-up artist
June 15
Anthony Atamanuik, writer, actor, and comedian
Scott Bomar, musician
June 17
François Audouy, French-born movie production designer
Andre Dickens, politician, mayor of Atlanta, Georgia (2022-present)
June 18 – Les Adams, politician
June 19 – Bumper Robinson, actor and voice actor
June 21
Michael Brick, journalist and songwriter
Pat Downey, football player
Maggie Siff, actress
June 22
Boom Bip, record producer and musician
Donald Faison, actor
Amber O'Neal, wrestler
June 24 – Vinnie Fiorello, drummer for Less than Jake
June 25 – Jeff Cohen, attorney and actor
June 26
Anybody Killa, rapper
Bisila Bokoko, Spanish-born businesswoman, entrepreneur, speaker and philanthropist
Chris Butterfield, football player
Jason Craig, artist
Derek Jeter, baseball player
Matt Striker, wrestler and commentator
June 27
Juran Bolden, football player
Christopher O'Neill, British-born businessman and Swedish royal
June 28
Mika Arisaka, Japanese-born singer
Rob Dyrdek, skateboarder
June 30 – Tony Rock, actor
July
July 1 – Jonathan Roumie, actor
July 2
Kevin Bankston, attorney and Privacy Policy Director for Facebook
Rocky Gray, musician
July 3
Alli Abrew, football player
Chris Brown, football player and coach
Corey Reynolds, actor
July 4
Steve Bush, football player
Mick Wingert, voice actor and voice-over coach
July 6
Clarence Adams, boxer
Grant Bond, comic book artist and writer
July 7 – Dialleo Burks, football player and coach
July 8 – Danny Ardoin, baseball player
July 10 – Jim Annunziato, recording engineer
July 11
Neal Acree, composer
Blueprint, rapper
Lil' Kim, rapper and television personality
July 12
Keith Allen, football player
Sam Garnes, football player, coach, and radio personality
Gregory Helms, wrestler
Ryan Lizza, journalist
July 13 – Shaun Baker, actor and martial artist
July 14 – Mark Butterfield, football player
July 15 – Mitty Arnold, tennis player
July 16
Jeremy Enigk, singer/songwriter
Ryan McCombs, singer-songwriter and guitarist, frontman for Drowning Pool
Chris Pontius, actor, stunt performer, and television personality
July 18
Allan Amato, photographer and filmmaker
Michael Dante DiMartino, animator
July 19
Jeremy Borash, wrestling commentator, announcer, interviewer, and producer
Dorian Brew, football player
July 20 – Simon Rex, actor, comedian, and rapper
July 21 – Steve Byrne, comedian and actor
July 22
Nathaniel Moran, judge and politician
Johnny Strong, actor
July 23
Larry Barnes, baseball player
Maurice Greene, Olympic sprinter
Kathryn Hahn, actress
Stephanie March, actress
July 24
Eva Aridjis, Dutch-born Mexican-American director and screenwriter
Boogie2988, YouTuber
July 25 – Lauren Faust, animator
July 26
Christophe Brown, American-born Swiss ice hockey player
Gary Owen, actor and comedian
July 27
Benjamin P. Ablao Jr., actor and filmmaker
Myron Butler, gospel singer/songwriter
July 28
Afroman, rapper, singer/songwriter, comedian, musician, and political candidate
Derek Anderson, basketball player
Elizabeth Berkley, actress
Irene Ng, Malaysian-born actress and teacher
July 29
Aisha N. Braveboy, politician
Josh Radnor, actor
July 30 – Hilary Swank, actress
July 31 – Adam Putnam, politician
August
August 1
BlackOwned C-Bone, rapper and member of Dungeon Family
Justin Baughman, baseball player
Matt Braunger, actor, writer, and comedian
August 2
Angel Boris, model and actress
Zach Brock, jazz violinist and composer
August 3
Brad Baker, stock car racing driver
Jenny Beck, actress
Aimee Bruder, Paralympic swimmer
August 4 – Mike Bajakian, football coach
August 6
Ever Carradine, actress
Max Kellerman, sports television personality, host, and boxing commentator
August 7
Chico Benymon, actor
Jeff Buckey, football player
Michael Shannon, actor
August 8
Jeff Belanger, author
Manjul Bhargava, Canadian-born mathematician
Mike Budnik, mixed martial artist and in-line skater
August 9
Seth Appert, ice hockey player and coach
Dan Cox, politician
Derek Fisher, basketball player
August 10
Bonzai Kid, wrestler
Mario J. Bruno, Spanish-born business executive and chief executive officer for the American Red Cross
August 11
London Breed, politician, mayor of San Francisco, California (2018-present)
Chris Messina, actor and film director
August 12 – Arj Barker, comedian and actor
August 13 – Orlando Anderson, gangster and suspected murderer (d. 1998)
August 14
Chucky Atkins, basketball player
Christopher Gorham, actor
August 16
Edwin E. Aguilar, Salvadoran-born animator and storyboard artist (d. 2021)
Charli Baltimore, rapper, actress, and television personality
August 17 – Dmitry Alimov, Russian-born entrepreneur and investor
August 19 – David Patten, footballer (died 2021)
August 20
Amy Adams, actress
Big Moe, rapper (d. 2007)
Crunchy Black, rapper for Three 6 Mafia
Misha Collins, actor
August 21
Kay Cannon, screenwriter, producer, director, and actress
Umar Johnson, psychologist
August 22
Cory Gardner, politician
Jenna Leigh Green, actress and singer
Bo Koster, keyboardist for My Morning Jacket
Iris Kyle, bodybuilder
August 23
Derek Almstead, musician and engineer
Mark Bellhorn, baseball player
Christian Beranek, writer, actress, musician, and producer
Shifty Shellshock, singer
August 24
Archie Amerson, American-born Canadian football player
Jennifer Lien, actress
August 25 – Darren Benson, football player
August 26 – Meredith Eaton, actress
August 27
James Arciero, politician
George Blades, boxer
August 28 – Duncan Arsenault, drummer
August 30
Anjali Bhimani, actress
Rich Cronin, singer and member of LFO (d. 2010)
August 31 – William Consovoy, conservative advocate (d. 2023)
September
September 1
Rich Burlew, author, game designer, and graphic designer
Burn Gorman, American-born British actor and musician
Jhonen Vasquez, comic book writer and cartoonist
September 3
Vaughn Bean, boxer
Julie Berry, author
Jen Royle, sports reporter and chef
September 4
Carmit Bachar, singer, dancer, and member of Pussycat Dolls
Deidre Henderson, politician, 9th Lieutenant Governor of Utah
Taya Kyle, author, political commentator, and widow of Chris Kyle
September 5 – Andy Barkett, baseball player
September 9
John Allred, football player
Jon Bokenkamp, writer and producer
John R. Bradford III, politician
September 10
Roosevelt Blackmon, football player
Kerry Harvick, singer
Ryan Phillippe, actor
Ben Wallace, basketball player
September 11
Ben Best, actor, writer, musician, and producer (d. 2021)
Dremiel Byers, wrestler
September 12 – Jennifer Nettles, musician
September 13 – Randall Bailey, boxer
September 14
Chad Bradford, baseball player
Carl DeMaio, politician
September 16
Joaquin Castro, politician
Julian Castro, politician, mayor of San Antonio, Texas (2009-2014), and U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (2014-2017)
September 17
Austin St. John, actor and martial artist
DJ Babu, DJ, producer, and member of Dilated Peoples
Rasheed Wallace, basketball player
September 18
Fred Beasley, football player
Xzibit, rapper
September 19
Jimmy Fallon, comedian, actor, television host, singer, writer, and producer
Dimitrious Stanley, football player (d. 2023)
September 20
Omar Amr, Olympic water polo player
Regina Romero, politician, mayor of Tucson, Arizona (2019-present)
September 21
Crystal Aikin, gospel singer/songwriter
Derek Brown, entrepreneur, writer, and mixologist
Stanley Huang, singer and actor
September 22
Jerome Adams, Surgeon General
S. Bear Bergman, American-born Canadian author, poet, playwright, and theater artist
Jenn Colella, actress and singer
Wayne Grayson, voice actor and director
September 23 – Matt Hardy, wrestler
September 24
Danya Abrams, basketball player
Karyn Bosnak, author
September 25 – Daniel Kessler, guitarist for Interpol
September 26
Josh Arieh, poker player
Gary Hall Jr., Olympic swimmer
Larry Izzo, football player and coach
September 27
Carrie Brownstein, musician, actress, writer, director, and comedian
Brandy Burre, actress
September 28 – Reggie Brown, football player
September 29
Brian Ash, producer and screenwriter
Alexander Brandon, video game musician
Doug Brown, Canadian-born football player
September 30
Melanie Bromley, British-born journalist and broadcaster
Jeremy Giambi, baseball player (d. 2022)
Daniel Wu, actor, director, and producer
October
October 1 – Corey Brown, politician
October 2
Ricky Bell, football player (d. 2011)
Courtney Hansen, television personality, model, and host
October 4 – Tom Askey, ice hockey player
October 5
Jon Brunt, curler
Rich Franklin, mixed martial artist and actor
Colin Meloy, singer/songwriter, guitarist, and frontman for The Decemberists
October 6
Evan R. Bernstein, Jewish community activist
Jim Bundren, football player
Jeremy Sisto, actor
October 7
Shannon MacMillan, soccer player and coach
Allison Munn, actress
Alexander Polinsky, actor, voice actor, and singer
October 8
Kevyn Adams, ice hockey player
Shelly Blake-Plock, entrepreneur and musician
October 9
Keith Booth, basketball player and coach
Tom Perriello, politician
October 10
Cara Butler, stepdancer and choreographer
Dale Earnhardt Jr., race car driver
October 11
Kimberly Clarice Aiken, Miss America 1994
Baba Ali, Iranian-born comedian, games developer, businessman, and actor
Greg Poehler, actor
October 12
Nur Ali, Pakistani-born race car driver
Shane McAnally, country singer/songwriter and record producer
October 13 – Terron Brooks, singer/songwriter and actor
October 14
Sheila Bleck, bodybuilder
Stacy Boyle, rugby player
Jessica Drake, porn actress
Dana Glover, singer and songwriter
Natalie Maines, country singer and vocalist for The Chicks
Shaggy 2 Dope, rapper, record producer, DJ, podcast host, wrestler, and member of Insane Clown Posse
October 16
Katherine Jane Bryant, costume designer
André Carson, politician
October 18 – Jeremy Scahill, journalist
October 20
Tyrone Bell, football player
Lauren McLean, politician, mayor of Boise, Idaho (2019-present)
Bashar Rahal, actor
October 21 – Nakia Burrise, actress
October 24 – Will Brice, football player
October 25 – Shonn Bell, football player
October 27 – Pooja Batra, Indian-born actress and model
October 28
Matthew Bell, politician
Michael Dougherty, director, screenwriter, producer, and animator
Joaquin Phoenix, actor
October 29 – Eric Gales, blues rock guitarist
October 30
MC Paul Barman, rapper
Dylan Berry, musician, record producer, radio host, and composer
October 31 – Ruben Fleischer, director and producer
November
November 2
Nelly, rapper
Prodigy, born Albert Johnson, rapper (d. 2017)
November 4
Cedric Bixler-Zavala, singer and frontman for The Mars Volta and At the Drive-In
Carl Steven, child actor (d. 2011)
November 5
Ryan Adams, singer/songwriter
Ricardo Lara, politician
Jerry Stackhouse, basketball player
Chris Sununu, politician, 82nd Governor of New Hampshire
November 7
Amanda Adkins, politician
Kris Benson, baseball player
November 8
Ada Brown, judge
Gregory W. Brown, composer
November 9
Richard H. Bernstein, judge
Joe C., rapper (d. 2000)
November 10
Julie H. Becker, judge
Micah Bowie, baseball player
November 11
Leonardo DiCaprio, actor
Jon B., singer/songwriter
Monica De La Cruz, politician
November 12
Lourdes Benedicto, actress
Aaron Brink, mixed martial artist and pornographic actor
November 14
Chip Gaines, television personality, host, and carpenter
Joe Principe, bassist for Rise Against
Adam Walsh, murder victim and son of John Walsh (d. 1981)
November 15 – Fred Brock, football player
November 16 – Isaac Byrd, football player
November 17
Leslie Bibb, actress and model
Mike Johnston, politician, mayor of Denver, Colorado (2023-present)
November 18
Rob Balachandran, rugby player
Tricia Byrnes, Olympic snowboarder
Chloë Sevigny, actress, director, model, and fashion designer
November 19
Aimee Brooks, actess
Buckshot, rapper
November 20 – Cameron Bender, actor
November 24 – Dave Aizer, television host, writer, and producer
November 25
Thad Busby, football player
Jimmy Gomez, politician
November 26 – Michael Blair, football player
November 28
apl.de.ap, Philippine-born rapper
Pascal Bedrossian, French-born soccer player
James C. Mathis III, actor
Styles P, rapper
November 29
Big Pokey, rapper (d. 2023)
Chris Brymer, football player
November 30 – Luther Broughton, football player
December
December 2 – Brian Alfred, artist
December 3 – Trina Braxton, singer and television personality
December 4
Elliot Bendoly, University professor
Dan Bongino, political commentator, radio show host, police officer, secret service agent, author, and political candidate
December 5
Charlie Batch, football player and sportscaster
Brian Lewis, Olympic sprinter
Lisa Sheridan, actress (d. 2019)
December 7
Mike Bell, baseball player and coach (d. 2021)
Daniel Boman, politician
December 9
David Akers, football player
Julie Buck, filmmaker
December 10 – Meg White, drummer for The White Stripes
December 11
Joshua Becker, author, writer, and philanthropist
Rey Mysterio, wrestler and luchador
Lisa Ortiz, voice actress
December 12 – Tawny Banh, Vietnamese-born table tennis player
December 13
Ben Hoffman, comedian, actor, writer, and musician
Debbie Matenopoulos, Television host
December 14 – Amplitude Problem, Swedish-born musician and producer
December 15
Cory Branan, singer/songwriter
P. J. Byrne, actor
December 17
Paul Briggs, animator and voice actor
Sarah Paulson, actress
Giovanni Ribisi, actor
December 18
Peter Boulware, football player
Kari Byron, artist and television personality
December 20
Gran Akuma, wrestler
Samantha Buck, filmmaker
December 21 – Ray Austin, football player
December 24 – Ryan Seacrest, television personality
December 25
Kerlin Blaise, football player
Patrick Brennan, actor
December 26
Teron Beal, singer/songwriter
Zach Blair, guitarist for Rise Against
Tony Brackens, football player
Tiffany Brissette, actress
Derrick Bryant, basketball player
December 27 – Nate Bland, baseball player
December 28
Jared Anderson, bassist for Morbid Angel (2001-2002) and Hate Eternal (1998-2003) (d. 2006)
Jocelyn Enriquez, singer
December 29
Asheru, rapper and educator
Graciela Beltrán, singer
Emil Brown, baseball player
Mekhi Phifer, actor
December 30 – Chris Bordano, football player
Full date unknown
Joe Abraham, comic book illustrator and actor
Nancy Abudu, judge
Craig Ackerman, NBA announcer
Rana X. Adhikari, experimental physicist
Gaelle Adisson, singer/songwriter and producer
Waris Ahluwalia, Indian-born actor and designer
Jaafar Aksikas, Moroccan-born academic, activist, media personality, and cultural critic
Suzanne Alaywan, poet and painter
Daniel P. Aldrich, academic and professor
Anida Yoeu Ali, Cambodian-born artist
William Allegrezza, poet, fiction writer, translator, and critic
Tremayne Allen, football player
Marla Alupoaicei, Christian author and speaker
Afruz Amighi, Iranian-born sculptor and installation artist
David Amodio, scientist
Anarquia, wrestler
Eric C. Anderson, entrepreneur and aerospace engineer
Keisha Anderson, basketball player
John D. Arnold, philanthropist
Tre Arrow, eco-terrorist
James Arthur, American-born Canadian poet
Sigal Avin, American-born Israeli writer and director
Mya Baker, filmmaker, poet, writer, director, and researcher
Sarah Baker, actress
Liz Bangerter, politician
Boaz Barak, Israeli-born computer science professor
LaShonda Katrice Barnett, author, playwright, and radio host
Erek Barron, politician
Sophie Barthes, French-born director and screenwriter
Gina Beavers, Greek-born artist
Aaron Becker, writer and illustrator
Christopher Bell, disability studies scholar (d. 2009)
Jennifer Bendery, journalist
Juan Manuel Benítez, Spanish-born journalist
Jenica Bergere, actress
Andrea Berloff, screenwriter, actress, director, and producer
LaKiesha Berri, R&B singer
Sharif Bey, artist
Michael Biber, technologist and industrialist
Cass Bird, artist, photographer, and director
Constantin Bisanz, Austrian-born entrepreneur, investor, and extreme sports enthusiast
Janel Bishop, beauty queen, Miss Teen USA 1991
Scott Blader, politician
Macon Blair, actor, screenwriter, director, producer, and comic book writer
Chris Blattman, Canadian-born political scientist
Yaba Blay, Ghanaian-born professor, scholar-activist, public speaker, cultural worker, and consultant
BluRum13, rapper, emcee, actor, and producer
Deborah Boardman, judge
Cornelius Boots, composer and multi-instrumentalist
Daniel Borzutzky, poet and translator
David Boulware, professor and physician
Jason Boyarski, entertainment attorney
Adam Bradley, literary critic, professor, and writer
Paige Bradley, sculptor
Andrea Brady, poet and lecturer
M.C. Brains, rapper
Bridget Breiner, American-born German ballerina
Bridget M. Brennan, judge
Judson A. Brewer, psychiatrist, neuroscientist, and author
Cary Brothers, singer/songwriter
Melissa Brown, artist
Tracy Brown, author
Ashley Buchanan, business executive for The Michaels Companies
Deaths
January 1 – Jimmy Smith, Major League Baseball player (b. 1895)
January 2 – Tex Ritter, actor and country musician (b. 1905)
January 3 – Red Snapp, baseball player
January 4 – Charles Johnes Moore, a Rear Admiral of the United States Navy (b. 1889)
January 6 – Dewey Mayhew, American football coach (b. 1898)
January 10 – Charles G. Bond, U.S. House of Representatives from New York (b. 1877)
January 12 – Jack Jacobs, American-born National Football League and Canadian Football League player (b. 1919)
January 15 – Harold D. Cooley, U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina (b. 1897)
January 17 – Clara Edwards, singer, pianist and composer (b. 1880)
January 18 – Bill Finger, comic strip and book writer (b. 1914)
January 20 – Leonard Freeman, television writer and producer (b. 1920)
February 22 – Samuel Byck, attempted to hijack an airplane to assassinate President Richard Nixon (b. 1930)
March 28 – Dorothy Fields, librettist (b. 1904)
April 7 – Pete Wendling, composer, pianist and piano roll recording artist (b. 1888)
April 9 – Marvin L. Kline, politician (b. 1903)
April 14
Howard Pease, adventure novelist (b. 1894)
Michael Whalen, actor (b. 1902)
April 18 – Betty Compson, actress (b. 1897)
April 23 – Cy Williams, baseball player (b. 1887)
April 24 – Bud Abbott, comedian (b. 1895)
April 28 – Paul Page, actor (b. 1903)
April 30 – Agnes Moorehead, actress (b. 1900)
May 24 – Duke Ellington, jazz pianist and bandleader (b. 1899)
June 20 – Charles Wisner Barrell, writer (b. 1885)
June 26 – Ernest Gruening, U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1959 to 1969 (b. 1887)
July 9 – Earl Warren, 14th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (b. 1891)
July 27 – Lightnin' Slim, blues musician (b. 1913)
July 28 – Truman Bradley, radio actor (b. 1905)
July 29 – Cass Elliot, vocalist (b. 1941)
August 26 – Charles Lindbergh, aviator (b. 1902)
September 11 – Lois Lenski, author and illustrator (b. 1893)
September 21
Walter Brennan, film actor; 3-time Best Supporting Academy Award-winning actor (1936, 1938, and 1940) (b. 1894)
Jacqueline Susann, novelist and actress (b. 1918)
October 1
Stephen Latchford, diplomat and aviation expert (b. 1883)
Frederick Moosbrugger, admiral (b. 1900)
October 3 – Bessie Louise Pierce, historian (b. 1888)
October 4
Robert Lee Moore, mathematician (b. 1882)
Anne Sexton, poet and writer (b. 1928)
October 5 – Virgil Miller, cinematographer (b. 1886)
October 7 – Henry J. Cadbury, biblical scholar and Quaker (b. 1883)
October 8 – Harry Carney, jazz musician (b. 1910)
October 9 – Theodore Foley, Roman Catholic priest and servant of God (b. 1913)
October 13
Frank Hastings Griffin, engineer (b. 1886)
Ed Sullivan, entertainment writer and television host (b. 1901)
December 18 – Harry Hooper, baseball player (Boston Red Sox) (b. 1887)
December 21 – Richard Long, television actor (b. 1927)
December 26
Jack Benny, comic performer (b. 1894)
Frank Hussey, Olympic sprinter (b. 1905)
December 27 – Bob Custer, film actor (b. 1898)
December 29 – Robert Ellis, film actor (b. 1892)
See also
List of American films of 1974
Timeline of United States history (1970–1989)
1974 in Michigan
References
External links
1970s in the United States
United States
United States
Years of the 20th century in the United States